New Experiences

My energies and body started to shake outside of my control.

"This is insane! My Mana and Aura instantly doubled. I can also tell my strength, agility, stamina, speed, and endurance have nearly tripled."

I took a deep breath in and regained control of my body and energy.

'Too easy, too simple, it's illogical for me to have such luck..' like always, my mind continued to bare its doubtful fangs.

"Pheew~ let's focus on right now and wrap my head around everything. First is the Inventory Function."

The moment I though of it, a large panel with a grid of 25 squares on it appeared.

"25 empty squares." I picked up a stone and thought of placing it inside.

Instantly, it disappeared and appeared on the panel.

[Stone:it's a Stone.]

"Now how do I remove an item from the inventory?"

[Inventory functions are 'Open Inventory', 'Store Item', 'Return Item'.]

"that makes sense. Return Item."

As if it detected me thinking about the stone, it returned it to my hand and left all 25 squares empty.

"This is incredibly convenient!, Store Item!"

The Stone returned to the square.

I closed the inventory and moved onto the last new function.

"The last thing sounds interesting. System Eye."

I felt a change in my eyes but nothing happened as a notification appeared.

[No Living Beings In Sight.]

"So it requires a living being to work? I guess i'll test it out later, for now it's time to enjoy the real rewards!"

[3 skills will be randomly granted!]

[skill [Healing Knowledge] has been granted.]

[skill [Strong Bones] has been granted.]

[skill [Energy Storage] has been granted]

I was flabbergasted when I read the descriptions"l

"This is broken!"

[Passive [Healing Knowledge] has been granted.]

[Passive [Healing Knowledge]: Knowledge of medicine and healing will naturally manifest in your mind when it is needed. Does not stack with any other passive. Cannot revive the dead or heal fatal wounds.]

[Passive [Strong Bones] has been granted.]

[Passive [Strong Bones]: your bones are naturally twice as strong as other humans.]

[Passive [Energy Storage] has been granted]

[Passive [Energy Storage]: A mixed energy core with a set capacity of both Mana and Aura storage combined will be placed in your abdomen. This storage allows you to have as much Aura and Mana as both desperate storages combined.]

"[Energy Storage] means that if I had 10 cm of aura storage and 10 cm of mana storage before, I'll now have 20cm of both mana and aura storage!" I couldn't but be amazed. "I wonder what the higher-rank passives can do.."

"Cassian! Lunch is already on the table!" my mother suddenly called out.

I ran inside quickly and sat at the table to eat.

My 'mother' immediately pulled my ear.

"What took you so long?" she asked.

"Hehe, I was daydreaming" I answered helplessly.

"You've always done that, just eat before the food gets cold." she let go.

We chatted about different things as we ate.

A BIT LATER.

"Hohoho, he would always refuse to breastfeed and take off his diaper whenever I put it on him!" my mother said.

"Mother! That's embarrassing-"

Suddenly, the door of the room we ate in was kicked open and a man in a black suit walked in confidently as it he owned the place. my father stood up in rage but when he was face to face with the man. I felt he wasn't very confident. He whispered some strange words to the air.

"Stand down, Julius," he murmured under his breath.

The man placed a piece of paper on the table.

"Don't look so ferocious, Johnathan. I heard the king has taken interest in your son, so I thought it was the perfect time to come to C.o.l.l.e.c.t~" the man in the black suit chuckled.

The paper was a contract detailing the man in the black suit, the Redvein duke lending my father a colossal sum of forty-five thousand gold coins.

My father and mother were shocked.

"What?! It was only ten thousand! This is a damned robbery!" my father shouted in anger.

"You know how interest goes, Johnathan and it's already been 20 years."

My mother was furious and I shared their anger.

"You know we don't have this sort of money! And you've been buying the city's produce for half the market price, how are we supposed to make any money?!" my father shouted.

My father was barely keeping himself in check as his Aura surged out of his control.

Simply, he pointed to the door. His veins almost popping as Aura surged down to even his fingernails.

"Get out."

The blue-haired man in the black suit smiled and turned around.

"With pleasure, but you only have 1 month before I can exercise my lawful authority~ and seize everything." the man said with a smile.

My father coughed out blood and fell into his chair.

"Dear! You shouldn't have used your Aura!"

My mother used 4th Circle healing magic on him.

"*Cough* i-i'm fine, *Sigh* If only I hadn't fallen for his lies 20 years ago, and if I just wasn't injured.."

'I should help them, right? Even if I'm not truly their son..'

Suddenly, a notification appeared.

[New Main Quest Generated! [Many Cures For One Poison]: Take care of your family's plight and leave for your mother's homeland.]

Condition: Complete All side quests.

Time Limit:1 Month.

Rewards: Resolution of the debt, A large amount of wealth. +20 to All Stats, and the reveal of the Fellsword family secret.

Side-Quests:

-[Past Glory's Return]

-[Gold Is Common]

-[Conclusion To A 20-Year-Old Scar]

[Side-Quest [Past Glory's Return] Started]

[Quest: Maybe the system's eye can reveal more about your father's injury.]

I looked towards my father. Though I once again sensed the steering nature of the system, I still went along with it.

"System Eye!"

[Target Detected! Would you like to show the target's Information?]

"My veins have returned to normal and my Aura is moving faster and smoother than before!..

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